Join the only national network of language educators driving innovation in higher education! Are you teaching English or other languages for academic and international communication? Are you passionate about preparing your students for real-world 21st century needs? Be part of a professional community that understands your challenges and amplifies your voice.
What We Offer:
Advocacy & Support
- Community promoting quality language education and teacher agency.
- Support navigating new demands, such as AI integration, curricular reform, and English Mediated Instruction (EMI).
- Advocacy for our professional community’s needs in communication with the Council for Higher Education (CHE = Malag), standing together for quality EPIC instruction in the face of challenges presented by competing interests in the field.
- Support towards standardization, while maintaining diversity, academic freedom, and individual institutional needs, to strengthen the status of our profession.
- Receive professional support for EPIC and EMI teams.
- Get ideas and support for promoting the profession with your institution’s management.
Networking & Collaboration
- Connect with a growing international network of language professionals in higher education and share in the wide array of classroom resources, the latest developments in CEFR and language instruction, and technological advances.
- Collaborate on research, projects, and conferences. Join one of our Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and collaborate on research, position papers, curricular units and teaching materials.
Continuous Professional Development
- Join our international conferences, workshops, study days on the burning issues of the day: EPIC, EMI, CEFR, AI in language education, and more.
- Take advantage of opportunities for certification and upskilling in cutting-edge pedagogy and language policy, through continuous professional development courses developed and implemented by H-INET.
Visibility & Recognition
- Present your work at our annual conference or featured events.
- Publish in our journal JEPIC.
- Raise your profile in the field, within your institution and among your colleagues.
✨ Whether you’re just starting out or leading innovation in your institution… There’s a place for you here.
✅ Join us and shape the future of language education in higher education.